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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Fatal Accident at Flemington. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 510

The proceedings at Flemington this afternoon were marred by a sad accident, resulting in the instantaneous death of the jockey Patrick M'Gowan, and serious injury to the jockey…

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H.m.s. Crescent. Accident to Her Machinery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Friday, 1 p.m.--H.M.S. Crescent, with relief crews for the vessels on the Australian naval station, has been disabled through an accident to her…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 5

ALBURY, Friday.--At Black Range yesterday a young man named J. Monk lost his life by being accidentally shot by a gun lie carried. At daybreak this morning Monk's…

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A Druidical Accident

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 2

When the last Druids Demonstration was held, Mr. Arthur Franks borrowed a horse from a neighbour, to assist in the procession. It seems that afterwards, he put the animal in…

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Fatality at Stockton. a Miner Killed. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 6

A non-unionist miner named Robert Donaldson, employed at Stockton Colliery, was killed while at work at the mine at 9 o'clock this morning. Deceased, with his…

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Cases in Hospital. a Seaman Injured. Two Poisoning Cases. A Prisoner Seized With Fits

The Australian Star · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

Arthur Butler, a seaman on the ship Cullenmore, lying at Balmain, fell from the rigging this morning and sustained a severe contusion of the right shoulder and other…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—A non-unionist miner at the Stockton Colliery, named Robert Donaldson, or Edmondson, was killed soon after 9 o'clock this morning. He and his father were…

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Fatal Railway Accident. AN M.P. KILLED

Evening News · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, March 11.—Mr. James Theobald (Conservative), M.P. for the Romford division of Essex, was killed yesterday while attempting to enter a carriage of a train…

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Fatal Colliery Accident

Evening News · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—An inquest was held at the Federal Hotel, Stockton, on Saturday, on the body of Robert Donaldson, a miner, who was killed in the Stockton Colliery that morning…

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Fatal Accident in the Stockton Colliery. a Non-unionist Killed. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

This afternoon the district coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.) held an inquest at the Federal Hotel, Stockton, on the body of Robert Donaldson, a miner, who was killed in the Stockton Colliery this…

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The Accident to H.m.s. Crescent. London, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

H.M.S. Crescent, which put back to Portsmouth in consequence of her cylinders having broken down in the Channel, will undergo repairs for four…

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Fatal Accident in Essex. a Member of the House of Commons Killed. London, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

Mr. J. Theobald, Conservative member for the Romford division of Essex in the House of Commons, has been killed at Romford through attempting to enter a…

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Fatal Accident to an M.p

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--Mr. James Theobald, Conservative M.P. for Romford, was killed yesterday while attempting to outer a carriage of a train which was in…

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Eastern News. Terrible Explosion in Chin Twenty-six People Killed. Fatal Fire at Hongkong-- Fourteen Lives Lost-- Steamers In Collision-- Great Loss of Life-- Aft Un- Known Vessel Sunk

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 6

A terrific gunpowder explosion (says the N.C. DAILY NEWS) occurred at Wuchang on January 22, and, according to the first report, upwards of a hundred lives were…

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Accidents to Coal Ships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 4

The British ship Glaucus, which arrived at San Francisco on 18th January from Sydney (N.S.W.), reports that she experienced a hurricane, during which she shipped several heavy scas flooded forecastle and galley, tore deck…

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Shipping Accidents

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 8

In addition to the accidents to shipping reported in yesterday's STAR, as the outcome of the storm of Saturday and Sunday, several other casualties to coasters have to…

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Buggy Accident. To Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Garvan. COBARGO

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 6

It is raining heavily and the creeks are flooded. Mr. Garvan, M.L,A., and Mrs. Garvan were crossing Dry River this morning when the buggy got stuck and the…

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Shipping Accidents

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 6

The schooner Stanley, in trying to cross the bar inwards at Forster last evening ran on the north beach, about half a milo from the liver. There was no damage done…

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Accidents to Shipping. the Stranded Steamer Electra

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 5

According to information received by the North Coast Company, hopes are entertained that the steamer Electra, which went ashore at the Manning River on Saturday, will be…

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New Zealand. Fatal Boating Accident. Three Young People Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday. -- A party of young people in the half-decked boat Irene, who were sailing near Invereargill yesterday, accidentally fouled their halyards. A man…

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